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base / bit_cast.h [blame]
// Copyright 2016 The Chromium Authors
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
#ifndef BASE_BIT_CAST_H_
#define BASE_BIT_CAST_H_
#include <type_traits>
namespace base {
// This is an equivalent to C++20's std::bit_cast<>(), but with additional
// warnings. It morally does what `*reinterpret_cast<Dest*>(&source)` does, but
// the cast/deref pair is undefined behavior, while bit_cast<>() isn't.
//
// This is not a magic "get out of UB free" card. This must only be used on
// values, not on references or pointers. For pointers, use
// reinterpret_cast<>(), and then look at https://eel.is/c++draft/basic.lval#11
// as that's probably UB also.
template <class Dest, class Source>
constexpr Dest bit_cast(const Source& source) {
static_assert(!std::is_pointer_v<Source>,
"bit_cast must not be used on pointer types");
static_assert(!std::is_pointer_v<Dest>,
"bit_cast must not be used on pointer types");
static_assert(!std::is_reference_v<Source>,
"bit_cast must not be used on reference types");
static_assert(!std::is_reference_v<Dest>,
"bit_cast must not be used on reference types");
static_assert(
sizeof(Dest) == sizeof(Source),
"bit_cast requires source and destination types to be the same size");
static_assert(std::is_trivially_copyable_v<Source>,
"bit_cast requires the source type to be trivially copyable");
static_assert(
std::is_trivially_copyable_v<Dest>,
"bit_cast requires the destination type to be trivially copyable");
return __builtin_bit_cast(Dest, source);
}
} // namespace base
#endif // BASE_BIT_CAST_H_